TELEPHONE MESSAGE TO A. I. RYKOV AND A. M. LEZHAVA

Written:Written on September 10, 1920Published:Published on September 18, 1920, inEkonomicheskaya ZhiznNo. 207.

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RykovSupreme Economic CouncilLezhavaPeople’s Commissariat for Foreign Trade

Thevarious big timber export deals concluded by our
London Trade Delegation are of great political and
economic importance. They virtually break the blockade. The
most serious attention, therefore, should be given to the
precise and careful execution of these contracts, in
accordance with the terms agreed on. Please give immediately
all the relevant instructions along these lines and establish
effective control over their implementation.

Atthe same time there is obvious need for increasing
our export stock to the utmost, primarily by stepping up
the procurement of timber for export. In order to make the
latter a priority job, please draft and submit to the
Council of People’s Commissars as soon as possible a decree
on the measures that should be adopted, indicating among
them the organisation of control over the bodies in charge
of the procurement of raw materials for
export.[1]

LeninChairman, Council of People’s Commissars

[1]OnSeptember 28, 1920, Lenin signed a decree of the Council of
People’s Commissars drawn up by Lezhava (People’s Commissar
for Foreign Trade) and D. I. Kursky (People’s Commissar for
Justice) on procurement of raw materials for export.